New Idea 11 September 2017

BEC’S A BEAU Y! BELOVED MUM Diana, fo rever in our hearts Ladies who lunch! BEC HEWITT attended the Dior lunch at NGV International, which coincided with the 70th anniversary of the House of Dior. Posing against a wall of flowers, Bec was treated to a peek at The House of Dior: Seventy Years of Haute Couture – an exhibit exclusive to the gallery. Disney day out! NEIL PATRICK HARRIS and husband DAVID BURTKA took their little ones, twins HARPER GRACE and GIDEON SCOTT, six, on a Disneyland adventure. While the kids seem to be loving it, Neil and David are definitely enjoying themselves as well! Fit for a prince’s birthday! PRINCESS MARY and her gorgeous kids – PRINCE CHRISTIAN, 11, PRINCESS ISABELLA, 10, and PRINCESS JOSEPHINE and PRINCE VINCENT, both six – glammed up…

Decked out in his smart navy and red uniform and lugging a backpack almost bigger than he is, it’s hard to believe that Prince George is all set for his first day of school already! The third in line to the British throne is set to start at London’s exclusive St Thomas’s Battersea this week – but just like any mum sending her firstborn child off to big school, the Duchess of Cambridge is ‘a bundle of nerves’ and ‘very excited, but also very anxious’. ‘Kate’s just beside herself,’ says a well-placed palace source. ‘She’s of course incredibly excited for George and has been happily watching him count down the days until his first day for weeks now, but she can’t help being anxious. ‘She knows that she’s no different from all mums…

Exclusive interview The pain was intense, excruciating. With unbearable pressure building inside his brain, Johnny Ruffo felt as if someone was holding a blowtorch to his head. He wanted to be sick. He couldn’t lie still, but thrashed around his bed in the emergency ward at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Finally, he drifted into an uneasy sleep, then woke up and vomited before slipping into a coma. The X Factor’s happy-golucky favourite went to casualty thinking he had a migraine, but CT and MRI scans revealed the terrifying truth. There was a 7cm tumour in the right frontal lobe of his brain – it turned out to be cancerous – and Johnny would die unless he had emergency surgery to remove it. With his mother in faraway Bunbury, WA, there was only one…

No time for haters! MODEL MUM She’s one of the mostloved rock stars, with legions of adoring fans and a million reasons to be on top of the world. But Pink, 37, last week opened up about her secret heartbreak, revealing how six-year-old daughter Willow had been bullied at school and was struggling with low self-esteem – referring to herself as ‘the ugliest girl she knew’. Proving the old saying, ‘you’re only as happy as your unhappiest child’, Pink revealed that Willow’s shame and sadness left her furious, but prompted her to deliver a powerful and inspiring message. Speaking at last week’s MTV VMAs, Pink shared the emotional story, revealing how her daughter’s reactions to cruel slurs and bullying from school friends left the singer to wonder: ‘Can I kick a six-year-old’s a**?’ But she went…

‘I know I don't have a lot of time, but if I may tell you a quick story. Recently, I was driving my daughter to school and she said to me, out of the blue: “Mamma?” I said: “Yes, baby?” She said: “I’m the ugliest girl I know.” And I said: “Huh?” And she was like: “Yeah, I look like a boy with long hair.” And my brain went to: “Oh my God, you’re six. Why? Where is this coming from? Who said this? Can I kick a six-year-old’s a**, like what?” ‘But I didn't say anything. Instead I went home and I made a Powerpoint presentation for her. And in that presentation were androgynous rock stars and artists that live their truth, are probably made fun of every day of…

World exclusive OUT OF AFRICA A ROYAL ROMANCE Meghan Markle has opened up about her exciting new life as a princess for the very first time in a historic tell-all, revealing her secret hopes and fears as she prepares to walk down the aisle with Prince Harry. In this world exclusive first interview, the 36-yearold has spoken candidly about how happy and in love she is with the royal – but admits she finds her fairytale new future ‘overwhelming’. The intimate insight into Meghan’s secret world comes as the actress and Prince Harry, 32, prepare to announce their engagement to the world. Multiple palace sources tell New Idea that Meghan accepted Harry’s proposal some weeks ago and the Queen is finalising wedding plans before she makes an official announcement. But that hasn’t held Meghan back from…